A fundraising campaign has been launched to help an ‘exhausted’ couple get ‘back on their feet’ after a fatal fire tore through their home.

Andrew and Kerenza Tucker lived in a static caravan in Hutton and were saving to build their own house after getting married last year.

However, on April 23 disaster struck when they returned from a trip to the vets to find their home ‘destroyed’ by an electrical fire which killed Kerenza’s beloved dog, Fliss, despite the desperate attempts of firefighters to resuscitate the pet.

Since then their close friend Rebecca Culley has launched a campaign to help the pair get their lives ‘back on track’.

She said: “I have set up this campaign to raise much-needed emergency funds after fire and tragedy left two of my friends homeless, living out of bags and relying heavily on family and friends for places to stay, and the very basic of things like hot meals and showers.

One of the couple's dogs died in the fire.

“It has been a really rough few months for the couple with Kerenza’s horse being very poorly leaving the vet bills climbing with an undecided future lying in the balance, then Andy’s dog had to be rushed to the vets for an emergency caesarean to deliver a whopping 12 pups.

“They were both just starting to try and get some normality back in their lives when fire and tragedy struck a final blow.